But come lunch time, they would run down to a basketball court that was close by, choose up sides for a 4 on 4 pickup game, go shirts and skins, and compete like they were both NBA teams.

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Coupled with the camera's Macro mode, which allows photographers to capture dramatic close-up images of subjects as near to the lens as 0.4 inches, the X-5 delivers an extensive range of creative photographic possibilities.

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In Brazil, it takes up to 120 days to start a business and around 4 years to close it down mainly due to high levels of bureaucracy.

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Samsung had a whole bunch to announce alongside its Galaxy S 4, but only a few were on hand to check out up close and personal.

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European markets ended the day higher, with the Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50, up 0.7%, at 4, 446.34 points, at close of trade.

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Asian bourses were broadly higher on the back of U.S. gains in the previous session, with China's Shanghai Composite climbing 1.4% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average up 0.7% to close at a seven-month high.

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The Dow Industrial Average rallied 1, 240 points from the October 4 year-to-date low to the October 14 close at 11, 644, up a quick 11.9%.

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